„Art is a creation about creation. We create art to celebrate our existence as part of Nature’s creation.”
Eli Bornstein

On Monday, April 30, 2007, US-Canadian artist Eli Bornstein presented his sculpture "Tripart Hexaplane Construction No.1" to president Joachim Treusch. The unveiling ceremony The unveiling ceremony, in front of the Campus Center, included speeches by the professors Isabel Wünsche and Paul Crowther.

[ Apr 30, 2007]  The premium steel sculpture will be mounted in front of the Campus Center, surrounded by trees. The artist himself helped to chose the location on campus. Architectural elements of the Campus Center are reflected in sculpture which creates as well a vivid contrast to its surrounding. The tilted flats of the sculpture change its expression in the various lights and weather to which it is exposed.

In 2005, Eli Bornstein first visited the university as guest lecturer. Impressed by the campus and its' international spirit the artist decided to make a precious gift to our university.

Eli Bornstein is best known for abstract three-dimensional works, which he terms "structurist reliefs." Structurist Art is a post-war trend towards geometric abstraction. Bornstein contributed to the recognition of the genre internationally, through articles published in The Structurist, an international art journal he founded in 1960 and still edits today.

Eli Bornstein Eli Bornstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1922. He studied for a period at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, but received his Bachelor of Science (1945) and Master of Science (1954) degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He also attended the Academie Montmarte of Fernand Leger (1951) and the Academie Julian (1952) in Paris. After teaching at the Milwaukee School of Arts (1943-47) and the University of Wisconsin in (1949), Bornstein became professor emeritus of fine arts at the University of Saskatchewan and lived in Saskatoon ever since. He served as Head of the University Department of Art from 1963-72. Upon his retirement in 1990, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters.